How high up? The biggest UK bat - THe Noctule, thinks it is a Swift
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Posted 1 week ago #
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Not particularly high. Tree height, roughly.
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Mushroom shaped tragus? Would have to be a blow in from SW scotland
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Daubenton wingspan 25cm maybe more likely
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Daubenton's tends to feed over water, hence its nickname "the water bat".
Natterer's bat can have a wingspan up to 30cm according to the Bat Conservation Trust whch also asserts: "absent from the north Scottish mainland and the western and northern islands favouring our parks, large gardens and woodlands." [link]
(And if you're wondering who Messrs Daubenton and Natterer were, you can read about them here and here.)
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Appparently the Noctule shouts four times louder than the legal limit for nightclubs. THe Leisler is another candidate.
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A skein of geese over Corstorphine Hill yesterday.
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